The overall goal of this inquiry is to determine whether PALS is more effective than comparable online resources at educating patients in the outpatient clinic setting about nutrition. Participants will be randomly assigned to view either a PALS article or WebMD article on the same nutrition topic. Participants will then fill out a post-survey to assess knowledge uptake and attitudes regarding healthy eating.
Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
HEALTH_SERVICES_RESEARCH
Masking
NONE
The Patient Activated Learning System is a free, health education platform.
WebMD is a widely used educational platform for health information.
Weill Cornell Medicine
New York, New York, United States
Knowledge, as measured by assessment questions on the nutrition information provided
Time frame: Day 1, Immediately after reading article
E-health usability, as measured by questions from the Kelly et al. scale
Questions to understand the user's understanding, preference and trust of the information based on a 5-point likert scale with 5 being strongly agree in favor.
Time frame: Day 1, Immediately after reading article
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